Fourchon, Louisiana
Fourchon, Louisiana
I left last Tuesday with Team Holden On heading down to Fourchon, Louisiana to fish the 3rd leg of the Yamaha Professional Kingfish Tour. We drove straight through, all 18 hours, just to be able to prefish Wednesday Morning. At 8:00AM Wednesday we were jigging our first bluerunners, and heading offshore to prefish some rigs that had been productive in previous years. Wednesday was a great day, the seas were calm and the fish were biting. We ended up the day with several medium size king mackeral, being 35-40 pounds, and feeling good that we might be on to something. Not the 50 pounders we were looking for, but good quality points fish. Not only did we find the kings, but also got into several decent wahoo. Shane caught the first wahoo, a nice fat 40 pounder. This fish hit the downrigger set at 100 feet and preceeded to break in the new Daiwa’s like no other kingfish had done. Once after the first blistering run, the fight was shortly over. After gaffing this awesome fish I was putting out another line, when it went into over-drive. I had a good feeling this was another wahoo, but felt that I definately was a better fish. Twenty minutes later a fat 52 pounder was lying on the floor of the boat, not to bad for king fish tackle.
We fished alittle on Thursday, but spent most of the day catching enough bait for two tournament days. Friday, the first day of the tournament was alittle snotty. After lots of deliberation, the 38 foot Fountain was set a course for 42 miles dead into a 4 foot headsea. The boat handled the seas like you would expect and had lines in at 7:45. We fished hard all day and managed a 35 pounder, not awesome, but better than nothing.
Day two was alot different than day one. The seas had laid out over night, which made for some easy running. We changed gears and headed to a differerent area, one that had been very productive for some of our friends. Due to the extremely hot temperatures and calm seas the fish didn’t cooperate to well. Team Holden On could only muster a 29 pounder. We didn’t get the high pounds that were expected, but came out with several good points fish.
Even though we didn’t bring home the first prize, the trip was overall successful. I am going to post several pics from the week. This coming week I have booked several charters, so stay tuned for more reports